Monday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time – Option 2 – Lk 6:6-11 What happens in today’s Gospel can take us by surprise: the scribes and the Pharisees wait to see if Jesus will heal a man with a withered hand, and, when He does, they “become enraged.” It doesn’t seem to make much […]
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A Ez 33:7-9, Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9, Rom 13:8-10, Mt 18:15-20 All of us here know people, perhaps even members of our family, who lead lives that are contrary to what Christ wants, and so all of us can learn a great deal from what we’ve just
Memorial of Saint Peter Claver – September 9th Today we celebrate the feast day of Saint Peter Claver. Claver was a Jesuit who for forty years ministered to the slaves who would come into the Colombian city of Cartagena. It’s estimated that he personally baptized some 300,000 slaves who passed through what was then
Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – September 8th Today we celebrate the nativity, or birthday, of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Usually for saints we celebrate their dies natalis, which literally means “birthday” in Latin, but refers to the day their earthly life ended and on which they were born into eternal
Thursday of the Twenty-second week in Ordinary Time – Lk 5:1-11 In the Gospel we just heard the call of Saint Peter. When we think about it, it is interesting that Peter obeyed Jesus’ request: “Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.” Duc in altum. It’s interesting, because there are
Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time – Lk 4:38-44 There are two points that are worth meditating on in today’s Gospel: the fever, and the reaction of the crowds. First, Jesus heals Simon’s mother-in-law from a fever. Note that it’s not just any kind of fever: Luke, the physician, is very precisely in
Currently there are many terrible attacks against the religious life. In a document by the Spanish Conference of Bishops about theology and secularization, a paragraph was dedicated to this topic, and the bishops made it clear how some people, even religious, seek to destroy the consecrated life: “Consecrated life is a form of sequela et
Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time – Lk 4:31-37 In today’s Gospel, as Jesus is teaching and working miracles, an unclean spirit shouts out: “I know who you are—the Holy One of God!” (Lk 4:34). I know who you are, he tells Jesus. If we reflect on this statement, we come to
Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time – Lk 4:16-30 Today’s Gospel presents us with an interesting and well-known passage: upon returning to His home, Jesus attends the synagogue. His relatives and countrymen are excited, yet Jesus knows what really lies within their hearts. We can consider three little parts of the Gospel,
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A – Jer 20:7-9; Ps 63:2-6,8-9; Rm 12:1-2; Mt 16:21-27 It seems that Saint Peter could have said the words that begin the first reading: “You duped me, O LORD, and I let myself be duped.” This does not mean that, properly speaking, God deceives us. On the
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